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Friday, October 21, 2011

finish it up Friday, week 2

Welcome to week 2 of finish it up Friday! I hope you have been motivated to finish up something this week. I want to thank everyone who linked up last week. It was fun to visit and see all your beautiful finishes. Keep up the good work!

I was able to put the last few stitches in the binding of my Machine Quilting Sampler this week. It was quite exciting, especially since I bound this one and a half times. I wasn't happy with the mitered corners (or non-mitered corners, as it were) the first time around, so I ripped out my stitches (a whole lot of stitches!!) and did the binding all over. Now it's much better, and it's complete. Hurray! (Sometimes it's a huge pain in the hinder to be a perfectionist!)

This quilt is my class sample for the retreat I'm teaching at in a few weeks. I quilted each square individually with a different quilting design and then joined them with a quilt as you go method. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out!!!!

The backs are all different prints, which made things a bit tricky when it came to layout time. Not only did the prints need to be evenly distributed, so did the solids on the front. Just a bit of shuffling and it was good to go. What a relief!

It measures 64" x 80".

I had a bunch of questions in previous posts asking how to join the blocks together. I'm not ready to share that information here on the blog yet, as it wouldn't be fair to the students that are taking the class. And to be honest, it takes a whole lot of prep time to get a class planned out (not to mention getting the sample done), so I'm planning on teaching this class several more times. Thanks for your understanding!

Now, how about you? Are you ready to link up with your finish for the week? Please link to a specific post (not just your blog address) from the past week so we can see what you finished! Thanks for joining in! :)

Love this quilt, really nice.But nothing finished to show this week :-(Anyway, it was so fun to receive so many people from America in my blog last week! Thanks for all, Amanda.I hope next week I'll be here with an UFO at last erady to be used.Elena

Love how you made this beautiful quilt -- it is definitely something I have to try as quilting is the most difficult part of the process for me. Sure do wish I could be at your retreat, but it is a little too far for me to travel. I'm looking forward to learning how you put this one together.

As usual, Amanda, this is fantastic! I wasn't sure I was going to like it when I saw the individual, solid blocks, but you've turned into one pretty quilt! And, I love the patterned back/other side too.

I'm on a pink/orange/yellow kick and I LOVE LOVE this! And I think it would be super fun to make.

The way you joined the blocks looks fabulous. Wish I was closer and could join your class! I was just telling my friend how I learned to FMQ by reading your blog and watching your video two years ago. I can only imagine how much more you could teach in person :)

It looks wonderful and would make a great sampler quilt! I love the lemon fabric! I need to practice that free motion. Thanks for being even willing to post how to's for us in blog-land. They take lots of work! I look forward to the tips. :)

Absolutely love this one! I took a quilt-as-you-go class when we lived in Alaska, and it was great. I was not as clever as you were with you fabric choices though. This is really beautiful, I am wishing I had a bigger version for my bed!

Beautiful quilt, Amanda Jean! I love the colorblock front - very cool!! I may need to look into something like this for my king-size bed - because I am not looking forward to quilting something that big in one piece!!

You've really outdone yourself this time and that's saying something!!! Thanks for the linky and motivating to finish a project. Last week I had a finish but no time to blog. This time I was determined to participate and have spent the last four hours with blogging issues....ugh! Finally got it posted but with issues .... Enjoy your weekend!

I created so many quilts but never used white colour. But after visiting your post, I got the idea of using white colours and various polka circle in background fabric, which is wonderful and looks very attractive.

Wow, what a stunning quilt! Such a great idea to piece together your quilting sample squares. I love how cool those solids look with the thin grey sashing, creating a neat effect. Wish I could take your class!

I finished a couple sewing projects last week, but haven't blogged about them yet. A set of makeup bags, a couple storage cubes, and some fabric trays to hold doodads.

You know if you decided to sell your patterns (or teach an online course) for one of your lovely projects like this one I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one THRILLED to take it! :) just a thought. LOVE this beautiful quilt!

Hi Amanda Jean, I love this one too, and like someone else commented, doing the quilting in small doses doesn't seem so overwhelming. Makes me sad that I won't be available to be there even as a dishwasher this time! Hope you all have a wonderful time together!

What a lovely quilt. I found lots of "quilt as you go" examples on the internet and on u-tube, but nothing could compare to having the opportunity to take a class with you. Like others, I sure wish you were nearby!Brenda

I am a beginner quilter, and I have recently gone back and read many of your old posts. I think your blog is amazing. You explain things so clearly that you make things that I wouldn't think I could tackle seem very appraochable! Right now I am doing a zig-zag quilt based on your no-triangles pattern, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I have only quilted in the ditch or other straight-line quilting techniques at this point, though. Next I want to tackle free motion machine quilting. This sampler quilt (or maybe one with some simpler machine quilting patterns) seems very approachable to me... if only I could figure out how you piece it! I would happily buy instructions/pattern from your website. I recognize how much work you're putting in here and would love to support you and also learn how to make this quilt!

I love this quilt so much that it has inspired me to make a similar one. Love the colors and all the texture! If only I could figure out how to join them ;) I would pay to love to have a class just for this in my area!

I would love to take a class from you on the QAYG. I love your quilt. Have you ever posted how you get the blocks joined up or do you have a pattern for sale? I am in Scotland so your class is not possible for me but I would certainly buy the pattern. crlwilkie@aol.com

I love this quilt and have never made one. This looks easy enough for an intermediate seamstress. I have a regular sewing machine. It isn't an embroidery/quilting machine. Can I do quilting with this? And also, when is your next class and how do I sign up> Thanks!Sew What! By Debbie